RE: If you could enact laws into action to change society
May 27, 2017 at 5:13 pm
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2017 at 5:40 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 27, 2017 at 4:27 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: Imagine that you have the power to ensure three laws are passed for all of the world.
What are those laws?
Personally, for me:
1 - Each woman may be allowed to only give birth to one child.
2 - College is free, but one must also maintain at least a part-time job while attending higher education.
3 - Each individual earns the same amount of money per week despite his job.
1. What if the last woman aligible to give a birth gives birth to a boy?
2. Given 3, why would most people bother with 2?
3. Talking about perverse incentives.
(May 27, 2017 at 4:49 pm)Lutrinae Wrote:(May 27, 2017 at 4:41 pm)Aroura Wrote: 3. That's silly. You think someone who learns to perform heart surgery should earn the same as a gas station attendant? That's crazy, lol. I think the income gap is far out of control, but some more difficult jobs require a financial incentive or people won't spend their lives learning to do them, or in some cases, the risk isn't worth the reward.
It is not silly at all.
What is silly is the greed that exists in this world.
If people truly care about other people, they take care of them without any kind of incentive.
Greed is the main reason why it is possible to construct a system where people can be somewhat motivated to produce the services and goods that are of the most value to the society, rather than just produce those goods and services which are the least demanding to produce.
